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Support teacher CV: example and template

This example is for support teachers co-teaching in integration and mainstream classes, and for special education teachers who want to work at a mainstream school.

The head teacher wants to know which pupils you work with, how you adapt materials and requirements, how you work with the lead teachers, how you create therapy programmes and what progress you see. We show you how to describe this on your CV.

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Example CV: support teacher

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Agata Rybak

Support teacher

Gdansk +48 123 456 789 agata.rybak@example.com

Professional profile

Support teacher with 6 years of experience at a primary school with integration classes. I support pupils with a statement of special educational needs, including autistic pupils and pupils with physical disabilities, adapt materials and tests, help create individual education and therapy programmes and co-teach lessons with subject teachers. A pupil I worked with from year 4 passed the eighth-grade exam with adjustments and continues at secondary school.

Work experience

Support teacher

09.2019 - present

Primary school with integration classes, Gdansk

  • Supporting pupils with a special needs statement, including autistic pupils.
  • Adapting materials, tests and requirements.
  • Helping create individual education and therapy programmes.
  • Co-teaching lessons with subject teachers.
  • Therapy sessions and work with parents.

Teaching assistant

09.2017 - 08.2019

Integration preschool, Sopot

  • Supporting children with disabilities.
  • Helping in activities.
  • Care at meals and on outings.

Education

Master's degree, special education

2012 - 2017

University of Gdansk

Skills

  • Supporting pupils with statements
  • Adapting materials and requirements
  • Individual education and therapy programmes
  • Co-teaching
  • Therapy sessions
  • Alternative communication

Qualifications

  • Appointed teacher promotion level
  • Postgraduate studies in education and therapy of autistic people
  • Augmentative and alternative communication course, 2021

Languages

  • English: B2

Additional information

  • Basic Polish Sign Language

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a support teacher CV

Professional summary

Write at which school you work, with which pupils and how you support them. Add an example of a result, for example an exam passed with adjustments. The head teacher is looking for a teacher who works well with lead teachers and makes sure a pupil with special needs really takes part in the lesson.

Teaching assistant with 2 years of experience at an integration preschool, with a degree in special education. I support children with disabilities in activities and daily tasks. I am looking for work as a support teacher.

Experience: duties and achievements

Describe the school, pupils, type of support, adjustments, programmes, co-teaching and therapy sessions. Show results through examples. Add special education qualifications and courses. Also say whether you work with blind, deaf or multiply disabled pupils.

Weaker: Support.

Better: Supporting pupils with a special needs statement, including autistic pupils.

Weaker: Adjustments.

Better: Adapting materials, tests and requirements.

Weaker: Programmes.

Better: Helping create individual education and therapy programmes.

Skills worth listing

List supporting pupils, adjustments, programmes, co-teaching, therapy sessions and alternative communication. In your soft skills show patience, flexibility and teamwork.

Professional skills

  • Supporting pupils with statements
  • Adjustments
  • Therapy programmes
  • Co-teaching
  • Therapy sessions
  • Alternative communication

Personal skills

  • Patience
  • Flexibility
  • Teamwork
  • Empathy
  • Calm

Qualifications

List special education qualifications for the relevant area, postgraduate studies and courses. Your qualifications must match the type of pupils' disability.

First job as a support teacher

After special education studies, describe placements at integration and special schools. Add volunteering and work as a teaching assistant.

Show the methods and courses you know. Head teachers ask about specific approaches to working with autistic pupils.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

An integration class looks for co-teaching and work with several pupils, a mainstream school for supporting one pupil with a statement, and a private school for therapy methods. Move to the top what the job ad is about.

The most common mistakes on a support teacher CV

Questions and answers

What should a support teacher put on a CV?

The school, pupils, type of support, adjustments, programmes, co-teaching, therapy sessions and qualifications.

Which qualifications are needed?

Special education qualifications matching the type of pupils' disability.

How is a support teacher different from a special education teacher?

A support teacher works in lessons with specific pupils, while a school special education teacher supports the whole school and its teachers.

How do you show results?

Describe pupils' progress, exams passed with adjustments and taking part in class life.

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